Door-guard



{No Model.)

A. W. EOKERSON. DOOR GUARD.

No. 472,110 Patented Apr. 5, 1892.

, TNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

ALBERT \V. ECKERSON, OF SOHENECTADY, NElV YORK.

DOOR-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 472,1 16, dated April 5, 1892.

Application filed J annary 12, 1892. Serial No. 417,871. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. EOKERSON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door- Guards; and I do declare the followingto be afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in door-guards; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide an improved device of this character which shall be simple, cheap, easily applied or adj usted, and which shall be durable and efficient in use. I provide an improved bracket or support with a curved slot, in which is made adjustable the pintle of the roller to accommodate doors of different thicknesses. I form the bracket or support with an inclined bracearm, which is designed to be affixed to the building. I aim at ease of application and of adjustment when necessary.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim. 7

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improvement applied to a building. Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device removed. Fig. 4 is a section through the pintle of the roller on the line 0300 of Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in whicht-hey occur.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a portion of the side of a building to which the bracket or support B is designed to be attached. This bracket or support consists of a horizontal portion 17, the main portion of which is upon the arc of a circle, as shown in Fig. 3, and

one end of this main or curved portion is turned at right angles to its length, as shown at c, and provided with a perforation for the passage of the screw or other means employed to secure it imposition. The other end of this main portion is joined to the piece or portion d, the free end of which is turned at right angles and perforated for the passage of its securing means, these two ears or perforated portions being in the same plane and both designed to be secured to the building. Fromthe piece orportion cl,preferablyfromthe inner edge thereof, extends the inclined bracearm 0, which is integral with the bracket or support, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and the free end of which is turned at an angle to its length, as shown at e, and perforated for the reception of the means employed to secure it in place. The three cars or perforated portions are all in the same plane so as to all have a firm bearing against the building or other support to which they are to be attached. The arc-shaped or curved portion of the bracket or support is provided with a curved slotf, as seen in Fig. 3, and in'this slot the pintle of the roller is adjustably held.

D is the roller, which may be of any suitable material and carried by a pintle E, which is passed through the roller and upon one end receives a nut g, and upon the other end, which passes through the slot f, is an adjusting-nut h with a set-nut j and upon the opposite side of the curved portion is the washer is, which serve to hold the roller in its adjusted position ata distance from the building or bracket, as seen in Fig. 1.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings. The roller is adjusted so as to leave the desired space between the same and the building, for the movement of the door, as seen in Fig. 1.

When the device is to be usedwith' a thicker or thinner door, the roller may be easily adjusted by manipulation of the nuts on the pintle of the roller and when in its adjusted position it is readily held thereby tightening the nut. The inclined brace-arm, extending, as it does, from the horizontal portion, serves to greatly strengthen the bracket and enables me to make the bracket lighter and consequently cheaper. The bracket or support may be made as ornamental in appearance as may be desired.

hat I claim as new is- The herein described door-guard, consisting of the bracket comprising a horizontal portion, the main portion 1) of which is upon the are of a circle, provided with a curved slot and having one end bent at right angles thereto and perforated to form a vertical part and the other portion thereof split, one part whereof, as (Z, being bent at right angles thereto and perforated and the other part of greater length to form the inclined bracearm (1, and the roller having a pintle passed through the roller and at one end receiving a I;

pintle upon the other side, all substantially 20 as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my s1 gnatn re 1n presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT XV. ECKERSON.

Vitnesses:

VINE B. TURNBULL, CHARLES SHEFFoLD. 

